Dimensional Baby Shower Card

 Isn't this just the cutest box card for the new baby on the way? I got the svg file for this from
www.svgcuts.com They make the cutest projects there. I then picked out my papers. The sex of the baby is unknown so I made a yellow and green card. I used my Cricut Explore to cut all the pieces and then started putting them all together. It really does look like a real crib!!! Some of  the details are the little socks hanging at the corner of the crib, the baby bottle, teddy bear blocks etc. It folds flat and stand nicely when you take it out of the envelope.

On the back top of the crib is where you can write your message. I cut another piece from white CS just like the inside checked piece only solid not with the stars cut out of it. Isn't the side detail cute with that tiny heart cut out? This was for my daughter who in about 4 weeks will be blessed with her 4th child and our 4th Grandchild.

Hope you enjoyed this project.
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Balloon Ride Layouts with a twist

 In the current CTMH Idea Book there are some projects using Frames that are sold by CTMH .For this layout a chicken wire white edged frame was used in the Idea Book.   I took that project and turned it into a 12 x 12 layout. I liked all the images that were cut from using all 3 CTMH cartridges. The  Artbooking  , Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges. It has numerous different types of embellishments used such as washi tape , charms, resin embellishments and more!!! It is jammed packed with details and so much fun to figure out how to make it look good as  a layout. What do you think?

The right page of this two page layout also comes from a project in the Idea Book that was the Pennant Frame. So instead of having the actual frame I cut the paper that would fit the frame and used that on my layout. I used pop dots to raise it up and off the page. Again lot's of embellishments were used and stamping and coloring using the blending pen for the Hot Air Balloon on both pages.
If you want to see the details click on the images to see them larger. There is a lot going on in each of these  layouts but I feel the image still is the main focal point. Do you?

It took some doing in putting these two pages together but I had fun along the way. It is fun to use items in different ways etc.
 I hope you enjoy them.
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Tiny cards

I love making those little cards!! 3 x 3 and 3 x 4 sized cards. They are nice for gift inserts and thank you cards. I have a few to share with you today.

The first one is 3 x 3. I cut the card with Outdoor denim CS and cut it with the Cricut. Then I used the Quaterfoil Embossing folder from CTMH to emboss the front side of the card. Then I added a couple strips from the Ariana paper pack and a layered butterfly also cut with the Cricut. Finally I added a few clear sparkles to the body of the butterfly.

 The second card is 3 x 4. This time a Ruby Cs card base was used. Then 3 strips of paper were added to the front. Two are from the Ariana paper pack and the middle one is Ruby cs that was embossed with the Damask Embossing folder from CTMH. Then I stamped a sentiment from the Inspirations Flourishes stamp set with Ruby ink and added a few clear sparkles on either side.

The third card is a 3 x 3 card. This one also uses an embossing folder from CTMH. This time it is the Chevron folder. The flower, leaves, and banner were all cut from the Cricut and stamped with a couple different stamp sets. The colors in this card are Indian Corn Blue, Pear, Honey. Lastly I tied some twine in a button and added it to the flower center.

I'm sure I will be back with more of this size card. I love them so much.

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It's Baby Shower Time

There are 3 Moms to be all due about the same time . My daughter and her sister in law are due within a week of each other in June. The third one is the sister in law's  sister and she is  due in May.

So the crafting began!!  So first I went to www.svgcuts.com and found the cutest projects in there Bundle of Joy file. Next the search for the quantity of paper I was going to need. I had to plan to make 50  3D Rocking Horses  half for Baby Boy & the half for Baby Girl for the table favors for each guest. In addition I decided to make Diaper Pin name tags again making half in blue and the other half in pink.

It took me hours to find just the right papers to cut all the different pieces I would need and of course I wanted them to match. I did pretty good I just had to choose two different paper selections for the Girl horses. They just didn't have the quantity I needed all in one main paper. So finally I had my paper picked out and grabbed the adhesive I would need and a few embellishments and off I went to get started.

I used my Cricut Explore and had 7 mats going feeding them through one after another. This process took quite a few hours/days!! It was an assembly line of putting a mat in and taking the pieces off the mat that came out. I stacked all my pieces and bags for each pile to go in so I wouldn't lose track of any of them. I was so fortunate to have a friend help me, That made it a much more fun process and another "brain" for figuring out what we needed to do next!! lol

So to start with I wanted to make one of each version. So we got looking at the all the pieces and I said I think we need to do some inking on the edges. So we choose a couple of pieces that we thought that would do it. Well I probably don't have to tell you what happened. We decided we needed to ink ALL the pieces!!! Now of course that added more time to this HUGE project but I was much happier with the result.

Inking got done and assembly began. After putting a few together I got thinking I need to decorate both sides!!! Not only did this add even more time to the mix but I had to buy more paper!!!!  But in the end I am happier with the look of them with the inking and the completing both sides.

I have quite a few pictures to show you. I hope you think these are as cute as I do.

 This first picture shows one of each version. The Girl Horses vary only slightly. The main body paper is stripes in half of them and butterflies in the other half.

 The second picture is a group of the Girl Rocking Horses.

The third picture is a group of the Boy Rocking Horses.

 Close up of the Boy Rocking Horse

 Close up of the stripe version of the Girl Rocking Horses

Close up of the Butterfly background Girl Rocking Horse.

 These are the diaper Pin name tags. The svg file was meant to be a place card. But I needed them as name tags so I just cut the place card piece in half.

 I found matching papers that had little shoes in different colors. You can see that a little bit in the decorative pieces that ere added to the front and back sections of the pin.

The boy paper also had little hats scattered on the paper along with the shoes. Then we are going to have each person write their name in the center portion.

I know this has been a long post but I hope you enjoyed what you saw. Thanks for staying with me to the end.

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Butterfly card

When I got my Cricut Explore there are a number of Make it Now projects. Anna Griifin has a number of them in this category too. This is her Butterly Card. I thought it was so pretty I had to make it for a Birthday card I needed. Now I didn't have any of her papers at the time so I had to improvise with some papers in my stash. I think no matter what papers you used it would turn out beautiful. The design is so pretty and intricate. The butterflies are two layers. This was one of my very first projects with my Cricut Explore. I was very impressed on how it cut the details in this card. How fun!!

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Balloon Ride Layouts

I love this paper pack called Balloon Ride form CTMH. It has really pretty soft colors. I made both the WOTG and the extra layout from the WOTG.

This layout uses some Cricut cuts, stamping, sparkle flourishes and the Balloon Ride assortment of dimensional type buttons.

These  are the Extra WOTG layouts. Isn't that base page a beautiful paper?!!  I love the beautiful Cricut cut for the large photo mat. Plus adding the stamping along the one side in Saddle ink really adds to it. Again sparkle flourishes and the Balloon Ride assortment were used as embellishments on the pages.

I am going to be making a couple more pages with this paper so stay tuned to see those too.

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Card in a Box Craze!!!!

Well by now you must have seen all the posts of the Card in the Box. At least I think that is what they are called. Let me tell you if you haven't made one yet you have to give it a try. They are so much fun to do.  There are a number of videos on You tube that show you how to make these. I used this one for one of mine that I added some money inside it. She shows how to add a slot for a gift card.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnqZ7bWl2js

The other one I made was from this site .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIZ3a_mA3o

This is another video on making these card in box and she shows using the  CTMH Skylark paper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4JHCszelo

There are many more also you just have to search for Card in a box and you will see a number of them listed.

So let's get to the project. My first one  was the one without the gift card insert. I used a Retired CTMH paper pack called Bella. I used a number of stamp sets and started building my card. Plus if you are careful on how you place your pieces you can fold it flat (or reasonably flat) and it fits in a regular size envelope. But what a WOW factor when the person gets it in the mail. The back side of the back piece  is where you can write your message.

 This next one has the gift card insert slot and I have a few pictures to show you. I used Retired CTMH Chantilly Paper for this one and again a number of stamp sets. Some of the flowers in this box were Cricut cut and then stamped and some were stamped and hand cut out. In both boxes I also used some 1/4" x 3" pieces of clear acetate to adhere some of the flowers to. When the box is opened they move back and forth just like a real flower garden. You can make these for any occasion and with any elements you want to put in your box. Balloons look really cute too. Since I have made these two I have found another version of how you do the inserts. Also a rectangle version instead of a square. So I will probably be back with some more in the near future.

Give one of these a try. You will love making them. They actually are a little bit addicting!!

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